Structural Elements Analysis of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Movie
other people because she is not comfortable with attention from them. Mentally, she has many problems with anger management.
Mikael : How come a 23 years old can be a ward of the state?
Lisbeth : I‟m mentally incompetent and can‟t manage daily
life. Mikael
: Since when have they said that? Lisbeth
: Since I was twelve. Mikael
: Something happened when you were twelve? I‟m sorry, that‟s none of my business.
Lisbeth : I tried to kill my father. I burned him alive. Got
about 80 percent of him. Scene 13160-1324, 02:09:58-02:10:42
Minor characters in this movie are Mikael Blomkvist and Martin Vanger
a Mikael Blomkvist
Physically, he has white skin, grey hair, strong face, and he is about 42 years old. Socially, he is a father of her daughter, Nilla. He has
divorced with her wife and currently having an affair with Erika Berger, editor-in-chief of Millenium magazine. Morally, he is devoted to exposing the
corruptions and malfeasances of government, attracting infamy for his tendency to “go too far”. He is a hard worker and has a good investigative
instinct.
Gunnar : You are an author?
Mikael : Well, I‟m doing a biography on Herr Vanger.
Gunnar : I saw you on television.
Mikael : That‟s unfortunate.
Gunnar : Bit of trouble, I guess. No jail time, though.
That‟s good. Cost you a lot of money, though, yeah?
Scene 320-325, 00:29:11-00:29:34
b Martin Vanger
Physically, he is a tall and strong man, he is around 54 years old and has blonde hair. Socially, he is the current CEO of the Vanger
Corporation. He is Harriet‟s brother. He is a warm and friendly person. Morally, he is actually troubled since teenager, but no one knows. When he
was 12, he saw his father raped and tried to kill Harriet. Martin brags about having killed women for decades, but denies killing Harriet.
Martin : So what would you like to know?
Mikael : Everything.
Martin : You‟re the journalist, ask me questions.
Mikael : What do you do with your girls?
Martin :
That‟s a good question. Well, before
– I do what we‟re doing. Sit down. Relax, have a drink.
I like that part a lot – having a chat when you both know tha
one of you is going to die. After – I simply get rid of them. Far
out to the sea. Unlike my father. Leaving them scatterred all over the place like
trophies. That‟s not smart if you ask me.
But he was a garish and loud man. He got what he deserved. Scene 1257-1268, 02:01:35-02:02:17
2 Setting
a Setting of Place
Many actions in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie are taking place in Stockholm and other places, such as at Lisbeth‟s
apartment and Hedestad.
b Setting of Time
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie has a lot of scenes taken during the winter situation, on the daylight, and on the evening.
3 Casting
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie is casted by Eli Bush, Berna Levin, Scott Rudin, and David Fincher as the director of this movie who
find the character for his movie as close as possible and suitable to the characters so that the characters in this movie are characterized well.
4 Plot
a The Beginning
The beginning story of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie is when Mikael receives a call on his cell from Frode, it seems a client
is interested in meeting with him. Mikael complains that it is Christmas and thinks it has to do with the Wennerstrom case. But,
Frode says no and says the client is Henrik Vanger and does not want to wait. He accepts to go meet with Vanger.
b The Middle
There are some climaxes in the story. At least there are two complications in this movie. The first complication happens when
Lisbeth calls her guardian and says she needs more money. He invites her to his home and asks her to come in. he begins making advances
on her again and says that if she declines he will claim she broke into her home and began exhibiting violent tendencies.
The second complication happens when Mikael was caught by Martin at Martin‟s house in Hedestad. Martin then asks him what he
was doing over at Harald‟s place, and Mikael tells him of all that he has found and he thinks Harriet found out about it and that is why she
was murdered. c
The End In The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie there is one
resolution that happens, after Martin was killed and police begins to investigate the Vanger family, Mikael goes back to his house and finds
Lisbeth has gone. However he finds a print out of an e-mail sent to her by Plague, her hacker friend that says there are two people named
Anita Vanger, one who died in London and one who lives in London since 1966.
5 Point of View
The point of view of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie that was directed by David Fincher is non-participant or the third person not
narrator, it means that the author does not introduce or involve himself as the character of the story.
6 Theme
The theme in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie focuses on “violence against women and how women are striking back to justify their
rights using their power, ability, and equality”.
b. Technical Elements of the Movie
1 Mise-en-Scene
a Setting
The setting can be combined with the set of properties and dressing in this movie. The pictures below are the archive room where
Lisbeth is looking for any informations about Vanger family and their connection to the serial killer and
Mikael‟s house where Mikael gathers with his friend and family.
b Costumes and Make-up
The costume shows Lisbeth in her gothic style with all black outfits and mohawk hairstyle. Her make-up is also inspired by gothic
make-up with bold eyeliner, piercings, bleached eyebrows and pale skin.
c Lighting
Although this film tends to use a lot of dark settings, but the lighting contributes to give this film the more dramatic effect. The
lighting during daylight settings also looks natural without any engineering.
d Figure Expression and Movement
This movie uses all movement and figure expression. The movement and figure expression of this movie, such as: angry, cry,
happy, sad, confuse, sick, and health.
2 Cinematography
There are three kinds of angle, which are straight angle, high angle, and low angle.
3 Sound
The music played in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie is an ambient soundtrack by Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails and Atticus
Ross. 4
Editing The situation shows in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie 2001
when Lisbeth is hired by Mikael as his assistant to help him to find out about the missing of Harriet Vanger. They team up together to solve the
mystery of Harriet who has been missing for 40 years.